CORONARY ARTERIES - WHEN CALCIFICATION POPS UP

Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg. 2022 Jan 4;28(4):67. doi: 10.48729/pjctvs.229.

Abstract

An 84-year-old woman, with background history of atrial fibrillation, cerebral vascular disease, ischemic heart failure by coronary disease with several stent implantation, presented in the emergency room with syncope. The chest radiograph evidenced the coronary trajectory by their calcification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnosis
  • Calcinosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders*
  • Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans